Revision of the Harpagophoridae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida) of southern Africa, including descriptions of five new species
Author
Redman, Guy T.
Author
Hamer, Michelle L.
Author
Barraclough, David A.
text
African Invertebrates
2003
2003-12-31
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.7666308
2305-2562
7666308
Zinophora mokhotlongensis
(
Schubart, 1966
)
Poratophilus
(
Philoporatia
)
mokhotlongensis
Schubart, 1966: 163
;
Demange 1983
;
Hamer 1998
.
Type
material (not examined):
LESOTHO
: 2^,
Mokhotlong
[2929AC],
6.vi.1951
, one creeping on wet grass field and the other on flat heath, leg. SSAE (loc. No. 266) (
MZLU
); 1^,
Mt Morosi
[3027BD],
18.iii.1951
, under stones in heath covered with dwarf shrubs
,
leg. SSAE (loc. No. 241) (
MZLU
).
This species was described from female specimens. Based on its distribution it is likely to be a
Zinophora
species
of the
gracilis
group rather than a
Poratophilus
species
, however this will only be confirmed when a male specimen from the
type
locality is collected. It is here proposed that the name be considered
incertae sedis
until a male is collected from the
type
locality.